The gumbo limbo is a native tree growing in South Florida. Tourists and residents who have overdone the sun exposure, turn red and their skin peels. This is exactly how the gumbo limbo tree trunk with bright reddish bark reacts to its growing environment — by peeling off its bark. This is why it...

This holiday season, Wellington and Royal Palm Beach are having events promising fun for the whole family. Here are some of the highlights: Winterfest and 12th annual Vanilla Ice Block Party Vanilla Ice will once again headline Wellington’s Winterfest at the Palm Beach International Equestrian...

This calendar includes events taking place in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Greenacres and surrounding areas. Events subject to change without notice; please contact venue to verify details. WEDNESDAY 21 Power Mixer Enhance your business platform and make a variety of new connections, Nov. 21,...

Runelda Jackson’s travels have taken her from Belle Glade to Wellington to Tallahassee. The Palm Beach Central High School senior said she has been running for three years, but it has been a journey. “Officially, I have only been running for two years,” Jackson said, with a smile. “I didn’t take...

More than a week has passed since the 2018 midterm elections and Florida still does not know who will serve as the state’s governor, agriculture commissioner or U.S. senator. Florida, and especially Broward and Palm Beach counties, has become a meme, making national headlines and becoming the target...

Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, a wicked witch and a fairy godmother walk into the Wellington Community Center No, it’s not a joke. It really happened. Once Upon a Crime, a murder mystery dinner theater performance featuring actors portraying characters in a fairy tale, brought a night of entertainment...

Palm Beach Central High School junior Mason Colby finished 11th at the Region 4-4A cross country meet at South County Park in Boca Raton and helped the Broncos to a runner-up finish in the meet. Colby ran a 16:48.76 clocking over the 5K layout. His effort enabled Palm Beach Central to punch its...

For the second time in four years, the Emerald Cove Middle School girls softball team ran the table winning all 13 games they played and won the Palm Beach County Middle School championship at Olympia Park in Wellington. Ironically, the host Pirates topped cross-town rival Wellington Landings,...

Loxahatchee Groves council member Joyce Batcheler abruptly resigned this week, citing a number of concerns and criticisms she had with regards to the town. Elected in the town’s municipal election last March, Batcheler mentioned divisiveness, the “abandon[ment]” of “civility” and the termination...

Lori Eskenazi dabbled in a few sports, including tennis, but had never played any sports competitively. Eskenazi, 62, of Boca Raton, made the most of her recent experience in the inaugural Engage Pickleball tournament at the Boca West Country Club. She and her doubles teammate Shelley Roth, 64,...

Despite this November being Bladder Health Month, persuading individuals to openly talk about bladder infections, urinary incontinence, overactive bladders or bladder cancer, is not an easy task. Deservedly or not, bladder health doesn’t get the attention or exposure of other ailments like breast...

Eliceo DeJesus served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 to 2014 and blew his knee out in 2013. He found that golf can be helpful for veterans like himself and now he spends time giving back to others. After graduating from the last PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) golf program in June,...

Royal Palm Beach will soon be home to a new gated community offering about 400 homes, all with Wi-Fi and Amazon Alexa built in, ranging from the mid-$300,000s to the mid-$500,000s. BellaSera will be the latest community by Miami-based development company Lennar. It will offer three different single-family...

When Scott Armand of Armand Professional Services found out The Lord’s Place needed pest control, the family-owned business offered to provide free services for five years for the nonprofit organization’s five campuses in Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. The Royal Palm Beach-based...

What’s in a name? As an introductory means of getting participants in my writing groups started, I often give them a prompt. One of my favorites is a sentence starter that begins, “My name______.” I tell them to write for 10 minutes about whatever comes to mind about their names. Some of the results...